Improvement in fare-registers



H. D. RODGERS.

Fare-Register.

No.196,389. Patenfed 001. 23, 1877.

WITNESS ATTORNEYS.

N- PETERS, FHOTQ-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGYON. D C

UNITED STATES HENRY 1). RoDeERs,

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-REGISTERS.

PATENT O FICE;

OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,389, dated October 23, 1877 application filed I August 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HENRY D. RODGERS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fare-Register, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved fare-register,h2 ving the cover removed to show internal parts. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line as x in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line y 3 in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

My invention relates to an improved instrument for registering car-fares, to be carried and operated by conductors on railway-cars.

The invention will first bedescribed in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawing, A is a circular case, having the perforated hemispherical cavity B formed in its back for receiving the bell O. D is a follower that works through an aperture in the upper side of the case A, and through the guide E, that projects from the back of the case below the bell-cavity.

The follower D is provided with a thumbpiece, a, at its upper end, and with a coilspring, I), for throwing it up after it is de pressed by the thumb or finger. The lower end of the follower is bored to receive a needle, c, which is clamped by a screw, (1. Below the follower a right-angled plate, F, having a slot, 6, is secured to the back of the case Aby the screw j, which passes through the said slot. There is a perforation, g, in the plate F, through which the needle 0 passes in making its downward stroke.

Above the plate F there is a notched spring, h,between which and the said plate the strip of paper passes from one spool or drum to the other.

G is a spool, which turns on a stud, i, that projects from the back of the case. The said spool contains a coil, 7a, of paper, which passes between the spring h and plate F, and is received by a spool, H, placed on the opposite side of the follower on a stud, I. The spring it exerts sufficient pressure on the paper to prevent it from passing too rapidly over the plate F. i

The spool H is provided with a ratchet, I, which is operated by a spring-pawl, m, ca ried by the follower D. This spring-pawl s elongated and curved, so that when the spo l H has been turned a sufiicient distance move the paper strip for a single fare it be disengaged from the ratchet by strikii the projection a 011 the plate F, so that tlc paper is at rest when pimctured by the needl The ratchet is prevented from retrograte movement by a fixed spring-pawl, 0, attach l to the side of the case A. To the post p, to which the bell O is secure an arm, q, is attached, to whicha lever, 1', s pivoted, which carries the hammer s. T e outer end of this lever carries a latch, z, whi V 1 is engaged by a pin, a, projecting from the follower D, at every downward stroke of the said follower. 1

A coil-spring, e, is attached to the back f the arm q, and serves the double purpose f returning the latch and the hammer to th r normal position after being moved by tl e downward stroke of the'follower. i

The spaces between the figures represeiikting different fares are graduated, so that s the spool H becomes more full, and the pap r is in consequence drawn with greater rapidi y from the spool G, the figures maybe uniform y brought under the needle. 1

The sums represented by the paper coil ailvance in arithmetical progression, so that the last number punctured represents the total 6 fares taken.

The case A is provided with a cover, K, which is secured at one side by a lug-pin, and at the other by a combination-lock, L. A lo p or handle, M, is jointed to the upper part if the case.

The ratchet I and pawls m 0 may be plac d in a compartment formed in the back of t e case, and the ratchet connected with the sp 1 H by means of a spindle. This arrangemeiit would render it impossible to tamper with t e mechanism, even with the cover removed. f

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters characters or sets of characters separated by distances gradually increasing in the direction of the length of the strip, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

HENRY D. RODGERS. Witnesses;

GEO. M. HoPKms, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

